"Homeschooled kids in most states don't take the GED. It's the kiss of death, and tars you as a bad student. You just 'graduate' from homeschool."
***That's why I'm proposing the Free Republic High School Diploma, not only for homeschoolers but for those kids whose parents can't afford it or "choose not to" afford it.
I still am having trouble understanding this stigma attached to the GED when the kids have moved onto college and have done well. Even if they haven't done well, no one really cares about the high school. This is one of those unquantifiable social aspects that just exists, you can't really define why, you just have to deal with it.
I still am having trouble understanding this stigma attached to the GED when the kids have moved onto college and have done well. Even if they haven't done well, no one really cares about the high school. This is one of those unquantifiable social aspects that just exists, you can't really define why, you just have to deal with it.
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For people who have taken the GED and gone on to college, the stigma is probably minimal. For those who have not, though, it is a pretty big deal. My stepfather dropped out of high school at 16 to work (oil rigs, they were making big money in those days, and his family needed the help) and went on to get his GED in his late twenties. He's never gone to college, for various reasons, and I can tell you this: for him, there is a stigma, because-in his own mind, at least-it means that he is stupid. Not uneducated necessarily (although he does think that), but rather that it reflects what he feels are the poor decisions he's made in life. He feels -at times- like it's a scarlet letter, for that reason. I am sure there are others who look at a GED in the same fashion.
Hope that helps. :)